Derek Richardson is a board-certified Family Physician with 8+ years of clinical experience. He works as a hospitalist for Wake Forest Baptist Health in Lexington, NC. In addition to his career he is currently enrolled in an MBA program at Indiana University to obtain business education to complement his substantial medical knowledge and clinical experience. His biggest area of interest is harnessing the power of technologies such as big data, machine learning, and internet of things to radically shift our current healthcare environment away from a strict focus on providing acute and reactive care towards a model that strives to prevent disease and actively engage patients in leading healthier lifestyles. Derek received his undergraduate degree with distinction at the University of Virginia with a major in Psychology and a minor in Biology. After receiving his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine he completed residency training with the Air Force. His first four years of practice as an attending were as an officer stationed at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He had significant exposure to teamwork and leadership opportunities during his time in the military. Derek was chief of a disaster relief triage team, and ran a base-wide program to distribute, manage and educate on life-saving defibrillators. He was an integral part of a large multi-disciplinary team that successfully obtained NCQA accreditation to designate the clinic as a Patient Centered Medical Home. Throughout his career he has taken an interest in education and evidence-based medicine. As a fourth-year medical student he taught problem based learning to incoming medical students. In residency he prepared and presented a year-long board review lecture series and now he teaches Physician Assistant students at Wake Forest.

Derek currently resides in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife; who works as a physician for Duke and has graduate degrees in public health and biophysics/physiology. They have two children and enjoy hiking, camping, and traveling as a family.

Practice Experience

June 2016 – Present

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Lexington Medical Center, Lexington, NC

Faculty member with Wake Forest; work nights as a hospitalist physician taking care of inpatients to include intensive care unit patients. Teach physician assistant students.

Apr 2013 – May 2016

U.S. Air Force Academy, Family Medicine Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO

Worked as family physician in full spectrum family practice clinic. Was team lead for care group comprised of two physician assistants and three medical technicians

Aug 2014- Dec 2015

Swedish Medical Center, Carepoint Hospitalist, Englewood, CO

Worked as a hospitalist on medical wards in a trauma one comprehensive stroke center.

Jul 2012 – Apr 2013

U.S. Air Force Academy, Cadet Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO.

Provided care to active duty population to include flyers and cadets.

Jul 2004 – Jul 2005

Real Estate Agent, “Crescent Realty”, Hanover MA

Obtained experience in customer service as a real estate agent; assisted with advertising and organizing large projects for the owners.

Education

Aug 2017 – Present

University of Indiana Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis, IN

M.B.A Program in Progress (Expected graduation May 2019)

Jul 2009 - May 2012

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Family Medicine Residency

Aug 2005 - May 2009

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

MD in May 2009

Aug 1999 - May 2003

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

BA with Distinction, Major in Psychology with Minor in Biology

Academic Affiliations

Apr 2013 – May 2016

U.S. Air Force Academy, Family Medicine Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO

Direct oversight of two physician assistants; duties included chart review and frequent teaching and constructive feedback on all aspects of patient management.

Jun 2010 – Jun 2012

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA.

Prepared multiple 45 minute lectures on various family medicine topics and also a board review series. I presented lectures to faculty, residents, and medical students. I was also involved in 1:1 precepting of medical students in both clinic and hospital settings.

Jun 2008- Jun 2009

Problem Based Learning (PBL) Facilitator.

As a 4th year medical student at Tufts I taught a PBL course that emphasized evidence- based medicine (EBM) applied to case studies.